Wednesday, 14 November 2007

Cranage Airmen - Defenders of Peace

They flew over LiverpoolIn clouds of smokeAnd flowers of flameThey flew over LiverpoolTo keep us safeThey played the game

But it was no game at allTheir lives floating highDying to save us allThey fell from the sky chThey came from across the earthTo win the world warShowing what they were worthReturning no morechIn Liverpool people sawIn gratitude thereThose men in their ariel warTo lift their despairchBut sixty years on who knowsRemembers their gameTheir airfield is gone - who goesTo think of their namechThose boys are all dead or oldDefences are downYet still all their gift was goldTheir bravery shownchFrom Byley remember stillYoung men in their primeWinning by force of willRemember their time

They flew over LiverpoolIn clouds of smokeAnd flowers of flameThey flew over LiverpoolTo keep us safeThey played the game